Minnesota

Extracted Attributes

• Capital

  St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

• Governor

  Tim Walz

• Area Rank

  12th largest U.S. state

• Population

  5,800,000 residents

• State Motto

  L'Étoile du Nord (The Star of the North)

• Largest City

  Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

• Statehood Date

  1858-05-11

• Population Rank

  22nd most populous U.S. state

• Official Nickname

  Land of 10,000 Lakes

Timeline

• The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory, including much of present-day Minnesota, from France. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1803-04-30

• Minnesota is admitted to the Union as the 32nd U.S. state. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1858-05-11

• Minnesota becomes the first state to volunteer troops for the Union at the start of the American Civil War. (Source: Web Search (National Geographic))

  1861-04-12

• Minnesota begins its streak of voting for the Democratic presidential nominee in every election, the longest such streak in the U.S. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1976-11-02

• Investigative journalist Nick Shirley reports on massive fraud within the Minnesota Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP). (Source: Document 50cb012b-defb-4e4a-a485-0740769f4098)

  2024-01-01

Minnesota

Minnesota ( MIN-ə-SOH-tə) is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the south, and North Dakota and South Dakota to the west. The northeast corner has a water boundary with Michigan. It is the 12th-largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd-most populous, with about 5.8 million residents. Minnesota is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes"; it has 14,420 bodies of fresh water covering at least ten acres each. Roughly a third of the state is forested. Much of the remainder is prairie and farmland. More than 60% of Minnesotans (about 3.71 million) live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, known as the "Twin Cities", which is Minnesota's main political, economic, and cultural hub and the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Other minor metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas include Duluth, Mankato, Moorhead, Rochester, and St. Cloud. Minnesota, which derives its name from the Dakota language, has been inhabited by various Native Americans since the Woodland period of the 11th century BCE. Between roughly 200 and 500 CE, two areas of the indigenous Hopewell tradition emerged: the Laurel complex in the north, and Trempealeau Hopewell in the Mississippi River Valley in the south. The Upper Mississippian culture, consisting of the Oneota people and other Siouan speakers, emerged around 1000 CE and lasted through the arrival of Europeans in the 17th century. French explorers and missionaries were the earliest Europeans to enter the region, encountering the Dakota, Ojibwe, and various Anishinaabe tribes. Much of what is now Minnesota formed part of the vast French holding of Louisiana, which the United States purchased in 1803. After several territorial reorganizations, the Minnesota Territory was admitted to the Union as the 32nd state in 1858. Minnesota's official motto, L'Étoile du Nord ("The Star of the North"), is the only state motto in French. This phrase was adopted shortly after statehood and reflects both the state's early French explorers and its position as the northernmost state in the contiguous U.S. As part of the American frontier, Minnesota attracted settlers and homesteaders from across the country. Its growth was initially based on timber, agriculture, and railroad construction. Into the early 20th century, European immigrants arrived in significant numbers, particularly from Scandinavia, Germany, and Central Europe. Many were linked to the failed revolutions of 1848, which partly influenced the state's development as a center of labor and social activism. Minnesota's rapid industrialization and urbanization precipitated major social, economic, and political changes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; the state was at the forefront of labor rights, women's suffrage, and political reform. Consequently, Minnesota is relatively unique among Midwestern states in being a reliable base for the Democratic Party, having voted for every Democratic presidential nominee since 1976, longer than any other U.S. state. Since the late 20th century, Minnesota's economy has diversified away from traditional industries such as agriculture and resource extraction to services, finance, and health care. Minnesota ranks highly among national averages in terms of life expectancy, healthcare standards, and education, and above average in income per capita. Minnesota is home to 11 federally recognized Native American reservations (seven Ojibwe, four Dakota), and its culture, demographics, and religious landscape reflect Scandinavian and German influence. This heritage continues to affect the state's racial demographics, making it one of the country's least diverse states, but in recent decades, Minnesota has become more multicultural, due to both larger domestic migration and immigration from Latin America, Asia, the Horn of Africa, and the Middle East. The state has the nation's largest population of Somali Americans and second-largest Hmong community.

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• Minnesota

  Minnesota (/ˌmɪnəˈsoʊtə/ ⓘ MIN-ə-SOH-tə) is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the south, and North Dakota and South Dakota to the west. The northeast corner has a water boundary with Michigan. It is the 12th-largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd-most populous, with about 5.8 million residents. Minnesota is known as the "Land [...] Minnesota is the second northernmost U.S. state (after Alaska) and northernmost contiguous state, as the isolated Northwest Angle in Lake of the Woods County is the only part of the 48 contiguous states north of the 49th parallel. The state is part of the U.S. region known as the Upper Midwest and part of North America's Great Lakes region "Great Lakes region (North America)"). It shares a Lake Superior water border with Michigan and a land and water border with Wisconsin to the east. Iowa is [...] | Rank | Name | County | Pop. | | 1 | Minneapolis | Hennepin | 425,336 | | 2 | Saint Paul | Ramsey | 307,193 | | 3 | Rochester | Olmsted | 121,465 | | 4 | Bloomington | Hennepin | 89,298 | | 5 | Duluth | St. Louis | 86,372 | | 6 | Brooklyn Park | Hennepin | 84,526 | | 7 | Plymouth | Hennepin | 79,828 | | 8 | Woodbury | Washington | 76,990 | | 9 | Lakeville | Dakota | 72,812 | | 10 | Blaine | Anoka | 70,935 | The United States Navy has recognized multiple Minnesota communities.

• Minnesota | History, Map, Cities, & Facts

  Minnesota consists of extensive woodlands, fertile prairies, and innumerable lakes—the basis for one of the state’s nicknames, “Land of 10,000 Lakes,” though Minnesota actually has more than 10,000 lakes that are larger than 10 acres (4 hectares) in area. The nearly 5,000 square miles (13,000 square km) of inland fresh water is a dominant feature in Minnesota. Its climate is continental, with cold winters and warm summers. About one in four Minnesotans is at least partly of Scandinavian origin, [...] Minnesota, constituent state of the United States of America. It became the 32nd state of the union on May 11, 1858. A small extension of the northern boundary makes Minnesota the most northerly of the 48 conterminous U.S. states. (This peculiar protrusion is the result of a boundary agreement with Great Britain before the area had been carefully surveyed.) Minnesota is one of the north-central states. It is bounded by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north, by Lake [...] Minnesota is known for its extensive woodlands, fertile prairies, and numerous lakes, earning it the nickname “Land of 10,000 Lakes.” It also features a continental climate with cold winters and warm summers. ### Which ethnic groups have significantly influenced Minnesota’s population?

• Minnesota Pictures and Facts

  Minnesota is bordered by Canada in the north, Lake Superior and Wisconsin in the east, Iowa in the south, and North and South Dakota in the west. Most of the state’s topography (or the shape of the terrain) was created thousands of years ago by glaciers. These slow-moving masses of ice carved out the Minnesota’s plains and low hills. They also created the state’s many lakes. [...] Minnesota was later expanded through treaties with the Dakota Indians, and in 1858 it became the 32nd state. At the start of the Civil War in 1861, Minnesota—a Union state—was the first state to volunteer troops to fight. ### WHY’S IT CALLED THAT? The name Minnesota comes from the Dakota tribe’s word for the Minnesota River, mnisota, meaning “cloudy, muddy water” or “sky-tinted water.” [...] Minnesota’s official nickname comes from its French state motto, adopted in 1861: l’étoile du nord meaning, “the star of the north.” Another unofficial nickname is the Land of 10,000 Lakes because, well, Minnesota has thousands of lakes—11,842 to be exact! ### GEOGRAPHY AND LANDFORMS Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.

• Minnesota at a Glance

  With approximately 5.4 million residents, Minnesota is known for its high quality of life, strong economy, active civic participation, and world-renowned health care. Although early state settlers came from Germany, Norway, Sweden, and other European cities, Minnesota has become much more diverse over the last century. Due to ample economic opportunity and public support for refugee resettlement, Minnesota is home to the largest Somali and Hmong populations in the nation. Minnesota is also [...] Skip to content Donate Membership Explore # Minnesota at a Glance Located in the heart of the Midwest and nicknamed the Land of 10,000 Lakes, Minnesota is a diverse state that offers a unique mix of bustling cities and untouched wilderness.

• Minnesota Facts & Figures

  Minnesota businesses: Minnesota is home to some of the biggest companies in the U.S., including Target, Best Buy, 3M, General Mills, Medtronic, Hormel Foods, Ameriprise Financial, Ecolab and St. Jude Medical. Agriculture: Top crops include corn, soybeans, sugar beets, wheat. Major livestock includes hogs, dairy cows, beef cattle, turkeys. ## Climate Twin Cities average temperatures: High – Low [...] Minnesota is the birthplace of great inventions like the Post-it-note, rollerblades, and waterskiing, among other inventions Mall of America in Bloomington is big enough to hold 32 Boeing 747 airplanes. More gray wolves live in Minnesota than in any other of the Lower 48 states. There are 69,200 miles of rivers and streams in Minnesota. That’s enough to circle the equator 2 ¾ times! [...] 1. Home 2. Media Room # Minnesota Facts & Figures ## State Name The name "Minnesota" comes from Dakota Indian words meaning "sky-tinted waters" or "sky-blue waters." Capital: St. Paul Statehood: Became a state in 1858, the 32nd state in the union Size: 12th-largest state in U.S. Length: just over 400 miles Width: varies from about 200-350 miles Location: Upper Midwest, in north central U.S. Along the U.S.-Canada border ## Population